Description
The copper cladding of a 1920s municipal building in Vienna provided this extraordinary photographic subject — a single panel that had developed a full patina spectrum over a century of weather exposure, ranging from the warm unoxidised copper still visible at recent repair edges through the transitional orange-brown cuprite layer to the terminal verdigris and malachite green of full oxidation. Shot at near-macro scale with a medium format camera under overcast natural light for maximum colour accuracy, the image functions simultaneously as a colour-science document and as an abstract composition of considerable richness and warmth. Interior designers in the luxury hospitality sector have found this image particularly useful for textile, finish, and colour direction reference.
